Sunny_DDoodles
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Hey guys. So, I don't know what you all have seen or heard, but Wattpad updated their terms of service with more censorship they're calling "rules and regulation". But they aren't. It's censorship. Full stop. They are claiming that stories posted on Wattpad cannot be "created primarily for sexual arousal" (their direct words) and that stories containing violence will be banned if it is concluded that the "Content was created primarily to shock or glorify harm" or has "Gratuitous or prolonged violence that doesn't support the broader narrative" (EXACT quote). Now, I understand my writing does not necessarily qualify as those things. At least, they do not TO ME. But what if they do to someone else? That's where things get icky. If someone reports my stories for having these kinds of "banned" content, who is judging the validity of their claim? The answer is someone with bias. There can be someone who believes my fanfic has too much violence. There can be people who think it's shit and doesn't depict violence in a way that's "problematic" from THEIR POINT OF VIEW. The point is that whoever judges my fics is biased. I am also biased. There is no perfect judge which is why censorship is such a slippery slope. And it is also why I will now be cross-posting on Ao3, because there is a reason that website has lasted as long as it has. I don't care about anyone's personal opinions on censorship and what is or is not appropriate to post online for a slew of reasons. Fanfiction is a safe space for me and I will not be letting Wattpad take that away from me, or from any of you. I am hoping that I never get reported, or if I do that the charges are dropped and nothing happens. But on the off chance that something does, The Queen's Lion (the entire series) is being placed on Ao3 under the same name and my @ is the same there as it is here. Thank you guys for always supporting me, and I promise I will continue to write this story until we reach an inevitable but satisfying ending.
Sunny_DDoodles
@Ghostie_notfound16 they have forgotten what made them powerful in the first place: sold to 1 direction smut fics written by 12 year olds with no understanding of anything at all. It’s sad, but I’ll go down on this ship for as long as I can.
Ghostie_notfound16
@Sunny_DDoodles haven't been here in a hot minute (literally like more than a year) wtf is going on ☠️ WATTPAD? Of all places bro?
Sunny_DDoodles
TLDR: Wattpad has taken the fanfiction.net route and probably solidified their own demise with censorship rules and I am now cross-posting on Ao3. I will continue to post on Wattpad until they ban me, but I am prepared in case.
